Unite Community Day Of Action Against Sanctions

Great success and brilliant turnout across the region. Protests were held in Sunderland, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Hartlepool, Newcastle and Darlington and our colleagues in Yorkshire held similar protests. This was all part of the national day of action against the cruel benefits sanctions regime.

Sanctions are a punishment that far outweigh the “crime”- if such trivialities as being two minutes late for an appointment counts as a crime. In Sunderland,Unite Community activists spoke to a young man who had been hospitalised for twelve days after being run over. He was sanctioned for missing his appointment!